The battle of the Christmas adverts continues: As the festive season fast approaches, our televisions are flooded with a whole host of adverts - heartwarming and tearjerkers - as retailers vie for the top spot as the best Christmas ad.

Some of our top offerings come from Ireland and others hail from further afield - but one thing's certain - they're sure to put a smile on your face come Christmas time.

Late Late Toy Show: It's coming

This might be bending the rules slightly here as regards the criteria for the top 10 best ads. But in fairness, the yearly ads building up to the Toy Show never fail to get you excited for what is probably the most iconic show ever broadcast on Irish TV.

Ryan was fooling no one with the lip syncing though.

John Lewis: The Bear and the Hare

Retail giant John Lewis comes up trumps every Christmas but many will agree that 2015's touching tale was their best effort yet.

Clinching a number one for Lily Allen with a dreamy cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know, made entirely from sketches, it shows the adorable moment a hare takes pity on its pal and buys him an alarm clock for Christmas.

It's all too much to BEAR as he wakes from his slumber to join his friends round the Christmas tree.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes: Waiting for Santa

"Sssssshhh": An Irish childhood favourite, watching the blonde tot pitter patter across the wooden floor towards Santa for a crunchy cornflake was always something worth catching between the cartoons.

First aired in 1990, it remains a classic to this day.

Coca Cola Christmas - Holidays are Coming

It isn't really Christmas until you've heard the familiar "Holidays are Coming" jingle, in fairness.

Coca Cola struck gold with this gem - which first aired back in 1990, cementing their place in the Christmas ads 'Hall of Fame' for years to come.

It's not often you see a dad buy his beloved daughter A SNOW CLOUD for Christmas.

Emotive music and dramatic adventure to obtain the snow cloud obviously adds to the emotional undertone in the ad.

Budweiser - Christmas 1987

Despite being over 25-years-old this iconic Budweiser commercial remains timeless.

Those sturdy horses, the message "wishing you and yours the best of everything this holiday season", and that tune you'll be humming in your head all day means this is one that won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

An Post: Walking in the Air (2005)

An Post released this in 2005. OVER TEN YEARS AGO. We can't believe it either. But there was a magic in it.

Kind of like you really did expect all of your Christmas post to be delivered by the Snowman. We'll live in hope.

Penneys (1996) :

"Penneys, got a whoooooole lot of things for Christmasssssss." What. A.Throwback. Who remembers this? And why do Penneys not do ads like this anymore?!?Bring them back at once!!

ESB: Going Home (1980's/1990's)

Would you LOOK at the haircuts, and the transport, and the general vibe of this ESB christmas ad from the 1980's early 90's, it looks like it was DECADES ago.

We're still mad for the electric blankets though, nothing has changed in that regard.